{"id":233991,"date":"2026-07-02T18:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233991\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:43:07","slug":"who-pays-tour-hits-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233991\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Who pays&#8217; tour hits Scranton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cWho Pays?\u201d Families Over Billionaires Bus Tour stopped in Scranton on Thursday at the Black Scranton Project Center for Arts &amp; Culture. The tour is trying to raise awareness about the impacts of recent federal tax cuts and budget reductions \u2014 such as cuts to Medicaid and SNAP \u2014 on working families in Pennsylvania, with advocate groups pushing for policies that tax extreme wealth rather than reducing public services.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeffrey Lake, of Scranton, signs the bus during the Who...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-03.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Lake, of Scranton, signs the bus during the Who Pays? Bus Tour visit to the Black Scranton Project Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An inflatable cat sits outside of the Black Scranton Project...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-08.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>An inflatable cat sits outside of the Black Scranton Project in Scranton Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG\/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Black Scranton Project founder and CEO Glynis Johns speaks during...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-06.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Black Scranton Project founder and CEO Glynis Johns speaks during the Who Pays? Bus Tour in the offices of the Black Scranton Project in Scranton Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Action Together NEPA Executive Director Alisha Hoffman-Mirilovich speaks during the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-07.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Action Together NEPA Executive Director Alisha Hoffman-Mirilovich speaks during the Who Pays? Bus Tour at the Black Scranton Project in Scranton Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG\/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"People line up to sign the bus during the Who...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-02.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People line up to sign the bus during the Who Pays? Bus Tour visit to the Black Scranton Project in Scranton Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bob Casey, former U.S. senator, speaks during the Who Pays?...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-04.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bob Casey, former U.S. senator, speaks during the Who Pays? Bus Tour in the offices of the Black Scranton Project in Scranton Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Executive Director for Families Over Billionaires Kristen Crowell speaks during...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/STT-L-BUSTOUR-0703-01.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Executive Director for Families Over Billionaires Kristen Crowell speaks during the Who Pays? Bus Tour visit to the Black Scranton Project headquarters in Scranton Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 7<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Lake, of Scranton, signs the bus during the Who Pays? Bus Tour visit to the Black Scranton Project Thursday, July 2, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cWho Pays?\u201d Families Over Billionaires Bus Tour stopped in Scranton on Thursday at the Black Scranton Project&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,28,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-233991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}